Christy Frank, Author at Wine Review Online

Bourgogne Aligoté: Texture of Silky Water from a Pristine Stream with a Mineral Edge and a Spritz of Lemon

by Christy Frank | April 30, 2025

Very reasonable people often think that Chardonnay is the only white grape grown in Burgundy. And it’s a logical thought...

by Christy Frank | February 12, 2025

We’ll start back on April 12, 2019. A notice is posted in the Federal Register: The United States Trade Representative...

by Christy Frank | November 12, 2024

Let me start out by noting I am fully aware that articles about tasting wine can easily drift into navel...

by Christy Frank | June 26, 2024

Pinotage. It’s one of those “love it or hate it” grapes. Actually, it seems to be more of a “hate...

by Christy Frank | April 10, 2024

Looking back over my last several columns, I have been on an Australia kick. Well, that kick is going to...

by Christy Frank | January 20, 2024

So if you know, you know. And if you don’t, I’ll fill you in. Ochota Barrels wines are some of...

by Christy Frank | October 4, 2023

I worked for Wine Australia for several years and gave quite a few presentations on the history of Australian wine. ...

by Christy Frank | August 2, 2023

It’s that time again – time for another installment of “Dear Wine Shop Owner!” Current and would-be wine shop owners...

by Christy Frank | May 31, 2023

And now for something completely different, from me at least: A piece about actual wines I recently tasted! Sometimes I...

by Christy Frank | March 26, 2023

A long, long time ago, on an island far, far away, I used to drink wines made from the Catawba...

by Christy Frank | March 15, 2023

Time for another installment of "Dear Wine Shop Owner," my semi-regular attempt to answer the burning questions I get from...

by Christy Frank | January 5, 2023

I know, I know. I can already hear the eye rolling. Another article about New Year’s resolutions? Really? Couldn’t you...